Foster child from 40 years ago has got in touch

That's a really good story. Enjoy your reunion.

What a lovely story, and it's all down to you and your families kindness.
Have a good time at the family party, and I hope the reunion goes well

What a lovely surprise for you Franbern. A heartwarming and joyful story. Happy knitting and happy reunion.

Lovely story Franbern makes all the hard work of fostering worthwhile.
Enjoy the reunion.

That really is lovely

A story to brighten everyone’s day!

How lovely that a baby you fostered for ten weeks has tracked you down.
I wonder if this happens frequently.
Good vibes all round.
No wonder you are so excited!

Oh Franbern what a lovely lady you are; I am in awe of people that offer to foster children, a very hard but rewarding job. Bet you can't wait to meet this chap! Good luck with the reunion - please come back to let us know how it went.

Oh that is so lovely x

Have a lovely time when you all meet again.

That’s really nice you must be so excited Have a lovely time at your party

No wonder you're thrilled, Franbern. Best wishes for the reunion!

What a lovely story. I’m sure your reunion will be full of joy and happiness. Wonderful.

It would be lovely if you had some photos of his time with you that you could get copies made of otherwise a nice photo of you all would be a lovely gift. Perhaps you have some memories of his time with you than you can write down also.I always think children who are adopted want someone to give them memories that they would normally have been given by parents. Especially as he is having a baby himself soon. He might like to hear that he didn't settle well after a feed or he was a good sleeper etc

That is lovely to hear - and well done you for your invaluable fostering role.

How wonderful, you must be very excited.. Much admiration for people who foster children.

I am so pleased for you . Over 50 years ago I used to foster babies who were to be adopted . I got them at 7 days old and would love to know what became of them . My daughter , when small and annoyed with me , would say she was going back to her own mummy . I had to explain she was stuck with us . My husband did unpaid work for the Social work department driving kids to school , visit relatives etc. and we got very fond of some of these children . We saw a lot of one little boy and knew his family as they lived in the same town as we did . DH took him and his mum to prison often to visit his dad and we always hoped that this boy would have a better life than his parents. Sadly we saw a report in the local paper about him , a prisoner , pouring boiling water on another inmate and he got years added to his sentence . He always said he wanted to be part of our family which was really sad.

What a lovely story Franbern and how kind of you to share it. Your foster son must have mixed emotions having lost his adoptive parents and expecting his first child, please update us when you all meet up!

I just had an after thought Franbern did people used to say to you things like " Oh I would be too upset when I had to give these babies backs I am too soft hearted " did they think we were heartless ? I cried many a tear as I peeled the potatoes for tea when a baby had gone as I am sure you did but when I was told that if I did not take them they would go to the children's home that decided me .

That is lovely.

How lovely

Bought tears to my eyes, thanks to selfless people like you these little ones have love to start their journey through life, nothing is more important than that, to know he is happy and he must have had a good home must make your heart sing.
Flora, how awful for that little boy you had and turned out to be so wretched, things could have been so different, life can be very hard for some children, a bad de is ion made can destroy a life.
? to both if you for what you did.

Aww. I hope it is a wonderful occasion, franbern.

This is such a lovely story so thank you for sharing it on here.
I bet it was a wrench to give him up after caring for him for ten weeks even though you knew that’s what would happen.

Very best wishes for the reunion!!
I bet it will be quite emotional.

How nice for your family to have a reunion with a foster child. You will have to let us know how it goes.

My family fostered children for a few years in the late 70's. We accepted them as siblings for the short time they were with us. It would be nice to hear of a happy ending for some of these children, but our placements were mostly short for a few months while their family situation improved.